1997 State Farm Evert Cup – Doubles

Doubles
1997 Newsweek Champions Cup and the State Farm Evert Cup
1996 Champions	Chanda Rubin Brenda Schultz-McCarthy
Champions	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva
Runners-up	Lisa Raymond Nathalie Tauziat
Final score	6–3, 6–2

Chanda Rubin and Brenda Schultz-McCarthy were the defending champions but only Rubin competed that year with Mary Joe Fernandez.

Fernandez and Rubin lost in the semifinals to Lindsay Davenport and Natasha Zvereva.

Davenport and Zvereva won in the final 6–3, 6–2 against Lisa Raymond and Nathalie Tauziat.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.

1. Gigi Fernández / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (Semifinals)
2. Larisa Neiland / Helena Suková (Second Round)
3. Lindsay Davenport / Natasha Zvereva (Champions)
4. Lisa Raymond / Nathalie Tauziat (Final)
5. Katrina Adams / Manon Bollegraf (Second Round)
6. Mary Joe Fernandez / Chanda Rubin (Semifinals)
7. Naoko Kijimuta / Nana Miyagi (Second Round)
8. Conchita Martínez / Patricia Tarabini (First Round)

Draw

Key

Q = Qualifier WC = Wild Card LL = Lucky Loser

Alt = Alternate SE = Special Exempt PR = Protected Ranking

w/o = Walkover r = Retired d = Defaulted

Finals

Final
4	Lisa Raymond   Nathalie Tauziat	3	2
3	Lindsay Davenport   Natasha Zvereva	6	6

Top Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
							1	G Fernández   A Sánchez Vicario	7	7^7
	A Grossman   G Helgeson-Nielsen	6^4	5					V Ruano-Pascual   P Suárez	5	6^3
	V Ruano-Pascual   P Suárez	7^7	7											1	G Fernández   A Sánchez Vicario	6	7^9
WC	I Majoli   M Murić	2	6	6										WC	I Majoli   M Murić	3	6^7
	P Hy-Boulais   R Simpson	6	4	4			WC	I Majoli   M Murić	7^7	7^8
	M Werdel-Witmeyer   T Whitlinger-Jones	6^5	3				5	K Adams   M Bollegraf	6^4	6^6
5	K Adams   M Bollegraf	7^7	6																		1	G Fernández   A Sánchez Vicario	5	2
																					4	L Raymond   N Tauziat	7	6
							4	L Raymond   N Tauziat	7^7	7
	A Ellwood   R McQuillan	4	2					R Grande   A Sugiyama	6^4	5
	R Grande   A Sugiyama	6	6											4	L Raymond   N Tauziat	6	6
	D Graham   K Radford	6	2	3/r											A Dechaume-Balleret   S Testud	2	4
	A Dechaume-Balleret   S Testud	2	6	4				A Dechaume-Balleret   S Testud	3	6	6
	R Hiraki   L Montalvo	3	1				7	N Kijimuta   N Miyagi	6	2	0
7	N Kijimuta   N Miyagi	6	6

Bottom Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
8	C Martínez   P Tarabini	6	6^5	5
WC	S Williams   V Williams	4	7^7	7			WC	S Williams   V Williams	0	6	6
Q	Å Carlsson   A-G Sidot	2	7^7	7^7			Q	Å Carlsson   A-G Sidot	6	3	3
	K Boogert   I Spîrlea	6	6^4	6^2										WC	S Williams   V Williams	3	0
	A Frazier   K Po	2	6	6										3	L Davenport   N Zvereva	6	6
	S Farina   B Schett	6	3	2				A Frazier   K Po	1	1
							3	L Davenport   N Zvereva	6	6
																					3	L Davenport   N Zvereva	6	6
6	M J Fernandez   C Rubin	7	6																		6	M J Fernandez   C Rubin	1	0
	F Labat   B Rittner	5	3				6	M J Fernandez   C Rubin	6	6
	R Dragomir   C Vis	7^7	7^7					R Dragomir   C Vis	1	1
	K-A Guse   R Nideffer	6^4	6^4											6	M J Fernandez   C Rubin	2	6	7
	A Kournikova   E Likhovtseva	6	6												A Kournikova   E Likhovtseva	6	4	5
	A Lettiere   C Morariu	1	1					A Kournikova   E Likhovtseva	7	4	6
							2	L Neiland   H Suková	5	6	3

References

• 1997 State Farm Evert Cup Doubles Draw